The percentage of women amongst the employees at Simula Research Laboratory, Norway ranked as the world’s most productive institution in systems and software research has increased from 19 percent end of 2009 to 26 per cent end of 2012!

Empowering women in research is not enough to close the gender gap. It's time to "fix the institutions" say Androulla Vassiliou, Commissioner for Education and Máire Geoghegan-Quinn, Commissioner for R&D, in a Q&A with ScienceBusiness.